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July 2010

I Finished NaBloPoMo!

Writing
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I did not think I would do it, but I did it. I successfully finished the NaBloPoMo contest and blogged every day for an entire month. Some of my posts were well-thought and created good discussion, while others were simply excuses to get something up for the day because I was either tired or had [...]

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The Empty Room, Got Art?

Lifehacking
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These days, a green inflatable dinosaur is the only objet d’art in my foyer. I’m about to redecorate the first room in my house, or foyer. The entrance to my home. But I’m kind of stumped on what to do with it. It used to be a living room, and then an office, but when [...]

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Et Tu TIME? Has BP Oilspill Damage Been Exaggerated?

Politics & Issues
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It appears TIME Magazine thinks that as long as the environment is okay, fuck the PEOPLE… “The obnoxious anti-environmentalist Rush Limbaugh has been a rare voice arguing that the spill — he calls it “the leak” — is anything less than an ecological calamity, scoffing at the avalanche of end-is-nigh eco-hype. Well, Limbaugh has a [...]

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Raspberries and Bell Peppers

Gardening
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My raspberry bush is finally (in late JULY!) starting to give me raspberries. It gave them up in early June last year, but it was also in a brighter spot, so I’ll move it back to its old location next year. I’m just happy to be getting any from a container box. Also, raspberries are [...]

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The Empathic Civilization *snap* Stay With Me Now

Entertainment
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There is s scene in the absolutely horrible film 2012, where a crazy conspiracy nut doing a radio show from his trailer in Yellowstone Park (Woody Harrelson), tells a hiking writer dad (John Cusack) who stumbles upon him, that really deep scary concepts are easier to explain to the public if you use a cutesy [...]

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Lazy Louisiana?

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According to a Businessweek study, Louisiana is America’s laziest state, but they mean it in a good way. “To be clear, by “lazy” we do not mean lacking work ethic or engagement. Rather, it is a measure of leisure time spent doing sedentary activities compared with activities that require more physical effort, such as exercising [...]

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America: Land of Loners?

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“Americans, plugged in and on the move, are confiding in their pets, their computers, and their spouses. What they need is to rediscover the value of friendship.” -Daniel Akst, Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2010 This Summer, The Wilson Quarterly has an excellent article about the deterioration of friendship in America (unfortunately, that link is only an [...]

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The Death & Rebirth of Books

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When I was a kid I wanted to live in a library. Like the cramped gothic ones you see in Harry Potter movies, except I dreamt of those before she wrote about it. I remember the first time I went to Shakespeare & Company bookstore in Paris when I was 24. I saw a guy [...]

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Cuttin’ A Bitch

Writing

Why the hell am I posting a few hours after I just had surgery? Because I committed to the damn contest, that’s why. But really it’s because it’s a personal challenge and having a contest just gives me an excuse. This morning I woke up at 4:15, which is not uncommon for me. But today [...]

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NOPD Corruption Makes ‘The Economist’

Politics & Issues
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The Economist did a story on the NOPD today, mainly about the Danziger and Glover cases, but also about the culture of corruption at NOPD in general: “The cases—in which 16 officers have been charged so far—are shocking for their brutality and their strong whiff of institutionalised racism. They also expose deep corruption in the [...]

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